The Milo Little Olympics is a sports event with 4 teams, NCR, the rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. There are two divisions elementary and secondary. Competitors first compete at a regional tournament to earn selection for this event much like the Palaro except there are only 4 teams not 12-15. Its a Multi Sport competition for Elementary and High School Aged Children, which includes Track and Field.

Most prominent last year was Daniel Noval of Visayas who last year won the 100m in 11.2 seconds at the Milo Little Olympics in Tacloban and later went on to represent Region VII (Cebu Provinces) improve and equal the Palarong Pambansa 100m and 200m records in 10.9 and 22.4. The results can be found here

CAGAYAN DE ORO—Nearly all of the 1,500 athletes competing in the Milo Little Olympics National Finals here have been accounted for, ensuring an exciting battle for overall honors in the multi-event sportsfest that gets going today at the Don Gregorio Pelaez Sports Center.

Action gets going Saturday in athletics, badminton, chess, gymnastics, soccer, lawn tennis, sepak takraw, scrabble, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball at the Pelaez Sports Center and five other venues in the city in both the elementary and high school divisions.

Visayas, represented mostly by athletes from Cebu City, will defend the overall crown.

Only participants in athletics, gymnastics and swimming are vying in individual events while the rest will compete in team events.

Athletes vying in the high school division are aged 13 to 17 while competitors in the elementary division must not be over 12. Results of both divisions will determine the overall winner.

All the competitors here are champions in the battles held earlier in Luzon, the Visayas, Mindanao and the National Capital Region.

“We are very glad to hold the Milo Little Olympics National Finals at the Pelaez Sports Center because we want children to experience topnotch competition in top facilities,” said Goc-Ong.

“We want to give these students a chance to … have a feel of an Olympic setting.”

Supervised by accredited professionals, the competition is one of few sports meets included in the Department of Education calendar.